flodome

The flodome was a 30" dome that created an immersive 180 degree field of view when viewed from the center of the dome. The image was projected from the outside of the dome and wrapped around the surface. The preferred format was a fisheye image, but normal aspect images worked almost as well, with some distortion at the edges. Peripheral vision doesn't care about distortion, just presence and motion.

My dad in space

The most interesting application of the dome was for the study of the neuroethology of insect flight, by Jack Gray at the University of Saskatchewan. This is his site.

In 2004, the dome was licensed to Virtra Systems for use in promotional systems. They call it the Immersa-Dome. This is their site.